Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC and Bar, DFC, is a British air ace. He scored 20 enemy aircraft confirmed destroyed, six probable and nine damaged with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Drake flew Hawker Hurricanes, Supermarine Spitfires and Curtiss P-40s (Tomahawks/Kittyhawks), with squadrons based in France, England, West Africa, North Africa and Malta. He was the top-scoring RAF P-40 pilot and the second-highest-scoring British Commonwealth P-40 pilot, behind Clive Caldwell.

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  • Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC and Bar, DFC, is a British air ace. He scored 20 enemy aircraft confirmed destroyed, six probable and nine damaged with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Drake flew Hawker Hurricanes, Supermarine Spitfires and Curtiss P-40s (Tomahawks/Kittyhawks), with squadrons based in France, England, West Africa, North Africa and Malta. He was the top-scoring RAF P-40 pilot and the second-highest-scoring British Commonwealth P-40 pilot, behind Clive Caldwell. Drake was born in London, to an Australian mother and a British father. He was educated in Switzerland. (en)
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  • Wing Commander Billy Drake, in 1943. The US Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to him is partly visible, pinned to Drake's chest in the lower right corner of the picture. (en)
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  • 1917-12-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Billy Drake (en)
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  • 1936–1963 (en)
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  • Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC and Bar, DFC, is a British air ace. He scored 20 enemy aircraft confirmed destroyed, six probable and nine damaged with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Drake flew Hawker Hurricanes, Supermarine Spitfires and Curtiss P-40s (Tomahawks/Kittyhawks), with squadrons based in France, England, West Africa, North Africa and Malta. He was the top-scoring RAF P-40 pilot and the second-highest-scoring British Commonwealth P-40 pilot, behind Clive Caldwell. (en)
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  • Billy Drake (en)
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